# ‘It’s The Price is Right’: How USCIS artificially deflated employee ratings under forced distribution mandate

- Source: Government Executive
- Published: 2026-10-21T19:10:00+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/10/its-price-right-how-uscis-artificially-deflated-employee-ratings-under-forced-distribution-mandate/416728/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/it-s-the-price-is-right-how-uscis-artificially-deflated-employee-ratin-c20771/

A federal whistleblower says the agency instituted a forced distribution of employee performance ratings last year, months before the Trump administration lifted a ban on the practice.

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